Published on December 18, 2015
If you enrolled in or modified Marketplace well being plans by December 17, 2015, your protection will begin January 1, 2016.
Important: After you’ve picked a brand new plan for 2016, you have to full one crucial activity to complete enrolling — you have to pay your first month’s premium to your insurance coverage firm, not HealthCare.gov.
If you picked a brand new plan or enrolled for the primary time and already paid your first month’s premium, your enrollment is full. If you haven’t paid it but, don’t delay.
Final step: Pay your premium to finish your enrollment
You should pay your first month’s premium by your well being plan’s due date or you might lose your protection. Each insurer is totally different, so pay cautious consideration to their due date.
You might be able to pay on-line. After you enroll in a plan at HealthCare.gov, you’ll be taken to your Enroll-To-Do checklist. If you see a inexperienced button that claims “PAY FOR HEALTH PLAN,” your insurer accepts on-line cost. You’ll be taken to their cost portal whenever you click on it.
If the button is grayed out, your insurer doesn’t settle for on-line cost. Your insurer will contact you inside a couple of days after you enroll with subsequent steps and particulars on methods to pay.